Body discovered outside Yonkers Ave. oil change shop Tuesday, Jul 1 2008

By Stacy A. Anderson
The Journal News
June 29, 2008

YONKERS – City police are investigating the death of a 53-year-old Bronx man whose body was found early yesterday morning outside an oil-change shop at the corner of Bronx River Road and Yonkers Avenue.

A passerby noticed the body lying in some shrubs and notified workers at the nearby Valvoline shop before calling police at 7:52 a.m.

Workers at the oil-change shop also saw the body when they arrived 20 minutes before, but thought it was someone trying to sober up from a night at Kennedy’s, a bar across the street.

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State says Greenburgh overcharged some for sewers Tuesday, Jul 1 2008

By Stacy A. Anderson
The Journal News
June 29, 2008

GREENBURGH – The town has spent nearly a quarter-million dollars to run a sewer district without state authorization and overcharged some residents since 1992, according to an audit by the state Comptroller’s Office.

Auditors found that, as a result of miscalculations by town officials, residents in Federally Assisted Sewer District 4 near the Sprain Brook Parkway in Edgemont have been overcharged, undercharged or not charged at all.

Read more in The Journal News about the audit, which estimates the average resident would have saved $427 during the period from 1989 to 2007 on sewer assessment charges.

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Identical twins marry in double wedding Tuesday, Jul 1 2008

By Stacy A. Anderson
The Journal News
June 22, 2008

MAHOPAC—Sisters Francine and Maria Munafo have shared prom, Sweet 16 and graduation celebrations together like most identical twins, but yesterday the sisters added their wedding day to the list of milestones and celebrations they have shared in 28 years.

The sisters married their longtime beaus yesterday evening in a double wedding at Sinapi’s Ceola Manor. They both became engaged on Christmas in 2006.

Read more about Maria, a tech-savvy receptionist, and Francine, a retail associate and cashier, in The Journal News.

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81mm Mortar shell removed from Kraft Foods corporate office in Tarrytown Tuesday, Jul 1 2008

By Stacy Anderson
The Journal News
June 19, 2008

TARRYTOWN – Authorities removed a live mortar shell from an office building today – an active ordnance that had apparently been making the rounds there for a couple of years.

Security officials at Kraft Foods notified authorities about 11:20 a.m. that a maintenance worker had discovered the 81mm shell standing on its nose in a corner of an audio-visual equipment storage room, police said.

Read more about the corporate complex that evacuated some 600 Kraft employees yesterday in The Journal News.

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Westchester moms hold fundraiser for abused women in the Congo Tuesday, Jul 1 2008

By Stacy A. Anderson
The Journal News
June 12, 2008

NEW YORK- Dismay and sadness from reading about sexual crimes against women in the Congo led Jennifer Williams to make a change.

The Irvington resident said she felt helpless as she read an article last fall about young girls and women who are sexually assaulted in the country.

William has gathered a group of friends from Westchester, Manhattan and Long Island to hold “Women of the Congo,” a fundraiser in the city tonight, to help survivors of the sexual attacks.

The cocktail party at Cipriani 23rd Street will include remarks from playwright Eve Ensler of “The Vagina Monologues.”

Read more about the fundraiser by the group of New York City area women in The Journal News.

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Webcam bridges gap to Afghanistan Tuesday, Jul 1 2008

By Stacy A. Anderson
The Journal News
June 8, 2008

BRONXVILLE – Father’s Day has arrived about a week early for an Eastchester family separated by military service and 10 time zones.

Nevertheless, Claire Cusack Larson was comforted in her hospital room yesterday morning by her husband, Jared, hours after giving birth to their son, Neil.
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Army Spc. Jared Larson is stationed at Bagram Airbase in Afghanistan, but was able to talk to his baby boy and at Lawrence Hospital Center via an Apple webcam.

Read more about new technology connecting families in The Journal News.

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